Education

ELS; MBN360 EDUCATION President John Dramani Mahama has called for stronger educational and research partnerships between Ghana and the Russian Federation, with particular emphasis on transport engineering and technology. He said the two countries could build on longstanding educational ties through student and faculty exchanges, scholarships, joint research and institutional cooperation. President Mahama made the […]

ELS; MBN360 EDUCATION The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cancelled the two-day mid-term break scheduled for Thursday, November 5, and Friday, November 6, 2026, for all basic schools across the country. According to the Service, the decision is aimed at recovering instructional hours lost during the recent industrial action by teachers. In a notice issued […]

ELS; MBN360 EDUCATION The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that outstanding promotion arrears owed to teachers and other affected staff will be paid on November 16, 2026. In a letter dated October 27, 2026, and addressed to Regional Directors of Education, the Service said efforts were underway with the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department to […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans for a major procurement of furniture for selected Senior High Schools (SHSs) to help phase out the double-track system in schools with adequate classroom infrastructure. According to the Minister, some schools have enough classrooms and other physical facilities to operate a single-track system […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools not to turn away newly admitted students or deny them boarding accommodation because of the type of trunks, chop boxes or other personal storage containers they bring to school. The directive follows reports received by […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) has unveiled its new 11-member Board of Members, chaired by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The board brings together senior members of the judiciary, government officials, and academics from some of Ghana’s leading law schools and tertiary institutions. The members are: The composition gives the […]

ELS; MBN360 EDUCATION spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Education Policy Committee, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh Spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party’s Education Policy Committee, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has raised concerns about the administrative relationship between the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES), arguing that the distinction between policy formulation […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) spent about GH¢ 600 million in the implementation of its portfolios this year, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SLTF, Dr Saadija Shiraz, has said. The portfolios included the Students’ Loan, Students Loan Plus, allowance to teacher trainees, no academic fees and free tertiary education […]

ELS; MBN360 EDUCATION Spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Education Policy Committee, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has called on government to apologise to Ghanaians over what he describes as a lack of coherence and coordination surrounding the proposed introduction of Arabic and Chinese languages into public schools. Addressing the controversy, Dr Tandoh argued that […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Member of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Communications Team, Ewura Adams Karim, has defended the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy while acknowledging concerns over the impact of the double-track system on the quality of education. Speaking on the ‘Headlines’ segment of the GTV Breakfast Show, Mr. Karim said Free SHS is a right that should be accessible to all eligible Ghanaian students. “Free education is a right. I don’t […]